Rick Perry Just Suspended His 2016 Presidential Campaign

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"We have a tremendous field — the best in a generation — so I step aside knowing our party is in good hands, and as long as we listen to the grassroots, the cause of conservatism will be too," the former Texas governor said immediately after announcing that he was suspending his campaign during a speech at a conservative event in St. Louis,Missouri.

During a press conference last week, Trump — the first Republican candidate to break 30 percent in the polls — said that Perry was about to drop out of the race. When Perry was asked about Trump’s remarks on Fox News, he replied, "You know a broken clock is right once a day" — which apparently was closer to the truth than Perry meant.